Preface and guided tour of the book

1 The finance function

2 Capital markets, market efficiency and ratio analysis

3 Short term finance: the management of working capital management

4 Long term finance: equity finance

5 Long term finance: debt finance, hybrid finance and leasing

6 An overview of investment appraisal methods

7 Investment appraisal: applications and risk

8 Portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model

9 The cost of capital and capital structure

10 Dividend policy

11 Mergers and takeovers

12 Risk management

13 International investment decisions

Glossary

Appindix: Answers to end-of-chapter questions

Index